Coins
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Brazil – 24 March 1936 First Numismatic Congress |
Numismatics and philately have much in common. In fact, each of these hobbies has at one time or another been described as the king of hobbies and also the hobby of kings. In addition, stamps and coins often join hands in staging joint exhibitions and bourses. It seems that the first entry of organized numismatics into the philatelic world occurred only in 1936, when the first numismatic congress was held in Săo Paulo, Brazil; the Brazilian postal authorities saw fit to issue a stamp to mark this event on 24 March 1936. It took a full 25 years before Peru made the next similar issue on 19 January 1961 in honour of the country’s first national numismatic exhibition in Lima. After that, quite a number of countries followed suit.
BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND
Commemorative issue: World International Flags. Bougainville Island is the main island of the autonomous region of Bougainville of Papua New Guinea. This region is also known as Bougainville Province or the North Solomons. Although Bougainville Island is geographically part of the Solomon Islands archipelago, it is not a part of the state of Solomon Islands.
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National Emblem of Papua New Guinea |
In 2017, Bougainville Island issued a set of five 1-Dollard bimetal coins showing the emblems of international organizations: United Nations (UN), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), International Criminal Court (ICC), and International Labour Organization (ILO). Fantasy coinage, not in circulation.
Obverse: National emblem of Papua New Guinea. The Papua New Guinea National Emblem is a partially stylized representation of the widespread Bird of Paradise (Genus paradisaea) in display, head turned to its left, seated on the upturned grip of a horizontal Kundu drum with the drum-head to the right side of the bird, from behind which a horizontal ceremonial spear projects with the head to the left of the bird.
Reverse: Lettering: WORLD ORGANIZATIONS FLAGS / INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION; ICAO’s emblem.
Purple ring. Gross weight: 21 grams; thickness: 2 mm; diameter: 24 mm. Colorized bimetal (copper, nickel). Shape: round.
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ISLE OF MAN (UNITED KINGDOM)
The 50th Anniversary of ICAO was commemorated by the Isle of Man with a silver proof coin of the popular Man in Flight series; it has legal tender of 1 Crown. Minted from 28.28 grams of 0.925 silvers (0.8411 oz). The diameter is 38.60 mm.
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Obverse: Bust of Queen Elizabeth II right.
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Reverse: ICAO’s 50th anniversary emblem.
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This information card was issued by Westminster Collection Ltd, a marketing company who sell coins. It is therefore possible that this coin was not part of the Royal Mint programme. |
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